Guide for wire-reels.



No. 843,214. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

0. H. JUVE.

GUIDE FOR WIRE RBELS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.24,1906.

WITNESSES: 0 [NVE/VTOR Altorney 5 OLE H. JUVE, OF DEOORAH, IOWA.

GUIDE FOR WiRE-REELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 24, 1906. Serial No. 344,848.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLE H. JUvE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Decorah, in the county of Winneshiek and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Im provements in Guides for \Viredieelsand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in guides, and moreparticularly to that class adapted to be used for guiding wires upon areel; and my object is to provide a device of this class which can beread ily attached to any form of reel, but particularly to that form forwhich I made application for patent June 22, 1906, Serial No. 322,957.

A further object is to provide means for disposing the wire intoengagement with the guide after the end of the wire has been secured tothe reel.

A further object is to provide suitable means for sl'iifting the guidelaterally whereupon the wire will be equally wound upon the reel.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

- In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of thisapplication, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel and carryingframetherefor, showing my improved guide mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of my improved guide and shifting mechanism therefor. Fig. 3is a rear elevation of the guide removed from the supporting-framc; andFig. 4 is a sectional view of the guide as seen from line i 1, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference-numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates anangularframe, through which is disosed an axle 2, said axle havingsupportingwheels 3 mounted at its opposite ends.

Disposed upon the axle 2 and between the ends of the angular frame 1 isa reel 1, upon which is adapted to be wound strands of wire 5. In orderto evenly guide the wire upon the reel 4 as the same is being woundthereon, I provide a guiding mechanism 6, the frame 7 of which is formedfrom a single piece of metal, a portion of the metal forming the sidesbeing extended upwardly to form 1 hangers S, which are adapted to engagea bar 9, carried by arms it), extending from the angular frame 1, thehangers 8 being provided with registering openings 11 to receive thebar, said openings and bar being preferably I square, so that the guidemember will be prevented from swinging on the bar.

The free ends of the metal forming the frame 7 are directed inwardly toform the upper edge of the frame, and the ends thereof are spaced apart,while one of the end sections is provided with an extension 12, which isprovided at its free end with a depending car 13.

The frame 7 is provided with. guide-rollers 14, 15, 16, and 17, whichare preferably grouped in pairs and spaced apart, the rollers 1 1 andbearings in the bottom and free end, respec tively, of the frame, and atone edge thereof while the rollers 16 and 17 are disposed horizontallyin the opposite edge of the frame, one end of the roller 17 finding abearing in the car 13, while the opposite end thereof and the ends ofthe roller 16 find bearings in the side walls of the frame, the objectin making the roller 17 shorter than the roller 16 and mounting one endthereof in an car 13 being to permit the wire to be disposed between therollers after the end of the wire has been secured to the reel.

One of the hangers S is provided with a stem 18, which is adapted toextend through a socket 19 at one end of a shifting lever 20, said leverbeing directed parallel with a bar 9 and having a plurality of openings21 ,through which is inserted a pin 22 and by which means the guide isshifted longitudinally upon the bar 9 and locked in its adjustedposition, the pin extending through the lever and into engagement with asocket 23, formed on one of the arms 10, and by this construction itwill be seen that the guide may be readily shifted from end to end ofthe to evenly gulde the wire upon the reel.

15 being vertically disposed and find reel, thereby directing the wireupon the reel \Vhen a strand of wire is being wound upon the reel aswhen the same is stretched along the line of fence and in order toprevent the wire from dragging upon the ground, I mount a guide uponsuitable standards 25, said guides being similar to the guide upon thereel-frame, with the exception of the hangers 8, and by placing severalof the guides along the line of fence and disposing the wires betweenthe rollers said wire is elevated above the ground and can be wound uponthe reel with greater ease and rapidity than when the Wire is allowed todrag.

What I claim is- 1. A guide of the class described comprising a frameformed of a continuous piece of metal and having its free ends spacedapart, rollers carried by said frame and in pairs, one pair beinghorizontally disposed and the other vertically disposed, an extension onone of said ends, a depending ear on said extension forming a bearingfor one end of one of said horizontally-disposed rollers and means tosupport said guide.

2. In a guide for reels the combination with a reel, a supporting-frametherefor and a bar secured to said frame; of a guide com prising a frameformed of one continuous section of material, hangers extending upwardlyfrom the frame and integral therewith, said hangers having openings toreceive said bar, the free ends of said frame being spaced apart, anextension on one of said ends, an ear on said extension, rollersdisposed in pairs and rotatably mounted in said frame, and means to movesaid guide longitudinally of the bar.

3. The combination with a reel, a supporting-frame therefor and a bar onsaid frame; of a guide comprising a frame, hangers integral with saidframe and extending upwardly therefrom, the free ends of said framebeing spaced apart, rollers disposed in pairs and mounted in said frame,a stem on one of said hangers, a lever secured to said stem and means toengage said lever and hold the guide in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLE H. JUVE.

WVitnesses:

JOHN J. AKRE, A. E. THUNE.

